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Home My WebLink AboutItem 8.1 Ulferts Development Public Art CITY CLERK File # DBJ[Q][Q]-[5]lO] AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: August 15, 2006 SUBJEC'I:: Ulferts Development - Public Art Report by John Hartnett, Heritage & Cultural Arts Supervisor ATTACHMENTS: 1) Site Plan 2) Artwork Proposal (a-f) RECOMMENDATION: ./1 ,JY1. Receive Presentation from Staff. ~ . f \ t/Y'" 2. Approve artwork or provide alternate direction. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None DESCRIPTION: The City Council approved the design for the Ulferts Development to be located at the northwest comer of the overall Koll office complex. The original Koll approval envisioned either a retail development on this site or a small boutique hotel. The project consists of up to 25,000 square feet of restaurant use with the anchor tenant being the Ulferts Furniture store. Unique features of the development include contemporary architecture utilizing many of the same components of the Koll office buildings. Several additional materials are used to give the site unique and distinctive architecture while blending with the surrounding buildings. Although the project fronts Dublin Boulevard and the existing Bank of America structure, the rear of the building facing the Koll offices and the OM Auto Mall also give the appearance of a "front", so that no one is looking at the back of a structure. As a condition of construction, the City Council has required the developer, Ulferts Center Dublin, Inc., to include a public art element in the project. The developer has selected Hong Kong artist, Aries Lee, to create the artwork for the project. Mr. Lee, Staff and representatives for the developer met on several occasions to refine the design for the artwork. Mr. Lee received both a B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Tokyo National University, graduating in 1971. He specializes in metal, as well as wood and clay. Mr. Aries has completed over twenty pieces of outdoor sculpture for the public in Hong Kong. He established a studio in Japan in 1987 and a second studio in San Francisco in 1993. Mr. Aries has received numerous awards throughout his impressive career, some of which include; Tokyo International Prize of Art & Crafts (1969), Hong Kong Arts Center Mural COpy TO: Heritage & Cultural Arts CommissionlUlferts Page 1 of2 lTEMNO.~ G:\COUNCIL\Agenda Statements\2006\8-15 Ulferts Public Art.doc Competition First Prize Award (1974), Hong Kong Urban Council Sculpture Art Award (1977), Commission Award of three sculptures for Hong Kong Convention Center unveiled by the Prince & Princess of Wales (1990) and Hong Kong Sculptor of the Year (1991). He has also conducted several group shows in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei and San Francisco. Mr. Lee has proposed a sculpture that will compliment the many restaurants incorporated into the Ulferts Center. The art piece, entitled "Festivity", (pronounced "Hei") means double happiness and has a reference to the joy and exhilaration that a gathering place elicits. The sculpture uses the symbols of Chopsticks and Dim Sum, often regarded as the iconic symbols of Chinese culture and cuisine, in an abstract manner to express a sense of joyous emotion brought about by festivity. Like the kind of variety that the Ulferts Center offers, "Festivity" is a fusion of Asian and international flavors that is stylized by a mix of Pop Art and Minimal Art. In Chinese ancient philosophy, the circle shape signifies the unlimited sky, and the square shape signifies the abundant earth. The color red symbolizes happiness and prosperity. The sculpture brings these elements together by using basic forms of cubes, spheres and cylinders. Together they complete the idea of plentitude and perpetuity. When surrounded by a circular water feature, it becomes the focus and source of energy. The location of the artwork will be at the front of the outdoor courtyard (Attachment 1). The sculpture will be made of stainless steel and/or fiber reinforced plastic, with a red powder coated paint on the top half and a mirror finish on the bottom half. The base is made of concrete and decorated with stone. Including the base, the sculpture stands approximately fifteen feet high and is thirteen and one half feet long by twelve feet wide. The sculpture will be situated within a fountain. The fountain will be enclosed by a circular cement wall eighteen inches in height by twenty one feet in diameter. The depth of the fountain will be approximately one foot. The water will have bubbling features at a modest level. On July 27, 2006, the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission reviewed the artwork and unanimously recommended approval by the City Council, with the following suggestion; add a plaque which describes the nature of the artwork. RECOMMENDATION: It is the recommendation of Staff that the City Council receive the presentation from Staff and representatives of Ulferts. Following the presentation, it is recommended that the City Council approve the artwork or provide alternate direction. ~ .~ '" .\ '!t" i - Ill> ~" ,l!J. ~~ /0 t''l @ c .. - .a ~ Q ;.: (lJ '5 m .... (lJ <( .... Q) C Q) u tf) "- .9:' -, ...... c .D o ~ ...;l ~ ~ ~ ~ 00. <60 I cgj;5/ob ATTACHMENT I " II FESTIVITY THEME: CHOPSTICKS AND DIM SUM The title of the sculpture - Festivity. Ii (pronounce "Heilt) means double happiness and has a reference to the joy and exhilaration that a gathering- such as a wedding brings. The sculpture is an abstract representation of the two symbols, expressing this sense of joyous emotion through pure geometric forms of cylinders, cubes, and spheres. like the kind of variety the Center the sculpture is a fusion of Asian and International flavors that is stylized by a mix of Pop Art and Minimal Art. > l-3 l-3 > ~ == a= tr1 Z l-3 N The SCUlpture can also be interpreted as Chopsticks and Oi and together with family and friends, a gathering or a great ~ sky, and the square shape signifies the abundant earth. The n regarded as the iconic symbolS of Chinese culture and cuisine; inese ancient philosophy, the circle shape signifies the unlimited happiness and prosperity. All together they complete the ideas of plentitude and perpetuity. energy. ed by a circular water feature, it becomes the focus and source of MAINTENANCE METHOD Clean with warm water and biodegradable det~. ,t if';'.. " '.,:;,:;";'< SCULPTURE TITLE AND THEME @~ ~ ~ ~ Ulferts ~1~ . Dublin Overall size of sculpture: 13'-6" LX 12'-0" W X 15' H Sculpture Bases: square: 11'_0" X 11'_011 X 6" circle: 5'-7" radius X 12" high Overall: 15'-6 X 12'-6" X 12" Size of Fountain: l' _6" deep 10'-6" radius opening, 12'-6" bottom radius 13'-6" F 15'-0" 25'-0" Material: Sculpture is made of FRP (fiber reinforced plastic) or stainless steel; red powder coated paint on the top half and rnirror finish on the bottorn half. Base is made of concrete and decorated with stone. SCULPTURE'S SPECIFICATIONS Ulferts ~1~ @ ~ ~ ~ '-:) ATTACHMENT 2 - b Dub'lin ;):: < " ... l' .~~ {~' \'1....: .. 'l:'; [ ~, .~ " to' . :, ...... ".1.".:.~ :- . t..~ ~~- ~~.i: '." ,', >~,~"--- 'r'J ~l~ '>~~"'~- ,!' ~, ~..' ,~',':'- : ~:'~" ~._' ,., : '\:-.,- - @Ljo17 ~~ Q)~ 5~ c .. - .a ~ Q >r-'::" w . f ~ #:.- ....,' -1 ..J LL w 0:: f- (I -1 ~I (-~! ((I CJ I N ~ Z ~ :E = u -< ~ ~ -< . .. c .. - .a ~ a >" ..;..0 iJJ > W > l- t...) UJ CL (F! cr:: W ,~ t'c.; IU . ~....... F! 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